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All purr synonyms

purr
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verb purr

  • carolling — a song, especially of joy.
  • hum — to make a low, continuous, droning sound.
  • mouthing — the action of speaking in a meaningless, bombastic, or hypocritical manner.
  • drone — Music. a continuous low tone produced by the bass pipes or bass strings of musical instruments. the pipes (especially of the bagpipe) or strings producing this tone. a bagpipe equipped with such pipes.
  • bummed — depressed, upset, distressed, annoyed, etc.
  • nasalize — to pronounce as a nasal sound.
  • murmur — a low, continuous sound, as of a brook, the wind, or trees, or of low, indistinct voices.
  • choir — A choir is a group of people who sing together, for example in a church or school.
  • whir — to go, fly, revolve, or otherwise move quickly with a humming or buzzing sound: An electric fan whirred softly in the corner.
  • hymned — Simple past tense and past participle of hymn.
  • hymning — Present participle of hymn.
  • bombinate — to make a buzzing noise
  • bumming — a person who avoids work and sponges on others; loafer; idler.
  • canary — Canaries are small yellow birds which sing beautifully and are often kept as pets.
  • line out — a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
  • mouthed — having a mouth of a specified kind (often used in combination): a small-mouthed man.
  • belt out — If you belt out a song, you sing or play it very loudly.
  • caroling — a song, especially of joy.
  • cantillate — to chant (passages of the Hebrew Scriptures) according to the traditional Jewish melody

noun purr

  • meow — the characteristic sound a cat makes.
  • murmuration — an act or instance of murmuring.
  • whirr — to go, fly, revolve, or otherwise move quickly with a humming or buzzing sound: An electric fan whirred softly in the corner.
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